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bnsf, e engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is thpower of human energy. the national science foundion. supporting ecation and resear across all fields of science and engineering. and with t ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possle by the corporaon for public brocasting. and by contrutions to your pbs station from viewers like yo thank you. >> lehrer: eight wildfir burned across thdry hills of southern califoia today. e of the blazes ballooned to 86,000 acres, and kill two firefighteriú lifornia governor schwarzenegg declared a state of ergency for four counties ound los angeles. he urged residen to follow evacuation oers. newshourorrespondent kwame holman has our ld story report. >> holn: underneath heavy plus of smoke, wildfires burned with a fury acros calornia for a sixth day day. at a news conference in lo ngeles this morning, governo nold schwarzenegger said the ole state had been impacted. >> fires are burning fm the north, the northern borderf califoia all the way south, and from the pacific oan al
bnsf, e engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is thpower of human energy. the national science foundion. supporting ecation and resear across all fields of science and engineering. and with t ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possle by the corporaon for public brocasting. and by contrutions to your pbs station from viewers like yo thank you. >> lehrer: eight wildfir burned across thdry hills of southern califoia today. e of the...
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and the ink there is not here. >> reporter: these people are using the bleach. i tried that a little while ago on my own finger. it did wash out. this indelible ink was supposed to be the way to prevent repeat voting in this country. a partial traffic ban brought unnatural order to the capital. these men didn't vote, or even carry their voting cards with them, in case they bumped into the taliban. not far from the capital, in the wardak province, the taliban in control yesterday on this road. these men's commander told us by phone nobody voted in his area. >> ( translated ): one has been threatened with any punishment as nobody has voted here, but we have told them this election is a fiction set up by the americans and funded by the foreigners. >> reporter: some voting stations closed, then re-opened to give people more time, after fears the turnout was low. the votes, now being guarded, >> lehrer: our second report comes from i.t.n.'s alex thomson in kabul. ray suarez talked with him earlier this evening. >> suarez: alex thompson in kabul, welcome. the polls ha
and the ink there is not here. >> reporter: these people are using the bleach. i tried that a little while ago on my own finger. it did wash out. this indelible ink was supposed to be the way to prevent repeat voting in this country. a partial traffic ban brought unnatural order to the capital. these men didn't vote, or even carry their voting cards with them, in case they bumped into the taliban. not far from the capital, in the wardak province, the taliban in control yesterday on this...
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for the public oion-- that would be used to pay for the pubc option-- at its share could not be used to pay for ortion coverage but tt plan might still cover abortions. theoretically, e abortion coverage in it would beaid for by the sharehat the patient paid for und this one version of the bill. swhen congressman boehner sai the president's plasubsidizes abortions, we ratethat one false, cause as we read that bill, the are efforts to sort ofseparate it out. >> reporter: fa or fiction? the docratic pls will allow the government to ke decisions about wn to stop providing medical care to e elderly. the idea that the govnment would make decisions aut end- of-life carcaught fire earlier this month after former aska governor sah palin wrote on her facebo page that seniors anthe disabled "will have to stand in fronof obama's 'death pal' so his bureaucrats can decide, based oa subjective judgment of their 'lev of productivy in society,' whether they are wory of health care." the heah bill pending in the house includes language that wou authorize medicare toay for a beneficiary to nsult with
for the public oion-- that would be used to pay for the pubc option-- at its share could not be used to pay for ortion coverage but tt plan might still cover abortions. theoretically, e abortion coverage in it would beaid for by the sharehat the patient paid for und this one version of the bill. swhen congressman boehner sai the president's plasubsidizes abortions, we ratethat one false, cause as we read that bill, the are efforts to sort ofseparate it out. >> reporter: fa or fiction? the...
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those of us who lovehim and who take him his rest today, pray that whate was to us and what he wished for otrs will some dayome to pass for all the world. >> holman: tragy was followed bycandal that impacted both his private and polical lives. it was in 1969 that th senator's car plged off a bridge the massachusetrets island of chappaiddick. a young man riding with him, mary jo kopechne, drowned. he pleaded ilty to leaving the scene of an accident lie his brothers before him, ted kennedy, sought e white house. in 1979, he challenged t incumbent democr, president jimmcarter. but kennedy's campaign smbled from the start, when he emed unready for question from ror mudd of cbs. >> why do you want toe president? >> ll, i'm, uh, were i to make the announcement anrun, the reans that i would run is that i have a great bief in this couny. that it is,here's more natural resources thaany nation in the world, there's the grtest educated pulation in the world, the greatest techlogy of any country ithe world, the greatest capaty for innovation in the world, and the gatest political stem in the worl
those of us who lovehim and who take him his rest today, pray that whate was to us and what he wished for otrs will some dayome to pass for all the world. >> holman: tragy was followed bycandal that impacted both his private and polical lives. it was in 1969 that th senator's car plged off a bridge the massachusetrets island of chappaiddick. a young man riding with him, mary jo kopechne, drowned. he pleaded ilty to leaving the scene of an accident lie his brothers before him, ted kennedy,...
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and there's no question we have a very tough fight in front of us. a lot of challenges. >> lehrer: gates' remarks came as the u.s. military reported two more american deaths in afghanistan. the soldiers were killed in a bombing in the south. 47 americans died in august, the deadliest month for u.s. forces in the entire eight-year war. that was up slightly from last month, when 45 u.s. service members lost their lives. new vote tallies in the afghan presidential election were released today. with half the country's ballots now in, president karzai maintained a lead with close to 46% of the votes. he needs 50% to avoid a runoff. his main challenger, abdullah abdullah, has 33%. some 550 major fraud allegations have been filed, which could delay the official results beyond september. in pakistan, scattered gun battles across the northwestern swat valley left at least 45 taliban militants dead. they followed a suicide bomb attack on a police station sunday that killed 17 cadets. yesterday, in the southwest, a key border crossing reopened today after a str
and there's no question we have a very tough fight in front of us. a lot of challenges. >> lehrer: gates' remarks came as the u.s. military reported two more american deaths in afghanistan. the soldiers were killed in a bombing in the south. 47 americans died in august, the deadliest month for u.s. forces in the entire eight-year war. that was up slightly from last month, when 45 u.s. service members lost their lives. new vote tallies in the afghan presidential election were released...
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used to pay for abortion coverage. but that plan might still cover abortions. theoretically, the abortion coverage in it would be paid for by the share that the patient paid for under this one version of the bill. so when congressman boehner said the president's plan subsidizes abortions, we rated that one false, because as we read that bill, there are efforts to sort of separate it out. >> reporter: fact or fiction? the democratic plans will allow the government to make decisions about when to stop providing medical care to the elderly. the idea that the government would make decisions about end- of-life care caught fire earlier this month after former alaska governor sarah palin wrote on her facebook page that seniors and the disabled "will have to stand in front of obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care." the health bill pending in the house includes language that would authorize medicare
used to pay for abortion coverage. but that plan might still cover abortions. theoretically, the abortion coverage in it would be paid for by the share that the patient paid for under this one version of the bill. so when congressman boehner said the president's plan subsidizes abortions, we rated that one false, because as we read that bill, there are efforts to sort of separate it out. >> reporter: fact or fiction? the democratic plans will allow the government to make decisions about...
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first of all, thank you for being with us. >> i love your show. i am delighted to be on it. >> so let's begin with what other industrialized countries do. what do they do about health care? >> well, all the other countries manage to cover everybody with high quality and spend half as much as we do. and i was trying to figure out how do they do that. you know in germany you can pick any one of 200 health insurance plans. if you don't like your plan, you can switch to the other guy with no increase in premium. how do they do that? i went to this hospital in canada, 800 beds. the billing office is two part-timers. how do they do that. >> well, how do they? >> well, i think i figured that out. and they don't all do it the same way. it's not all socialized medicine. many countries cover everybody at reasonable costs with private docs, private hospitals and private insurance. that's a kind of stunning discoveree of the tour. it doesn't have to be government run. it doesn't have to be single payor. japan has 3,000 payors. >> but all of these countries ha
first of all, thank you for being with us. >> i love your show. i am delighted to be on it. >> so let's begin with what other industrialized countries do. what do they do about health care? >> well, all the other countries manage to cover everybody with high quality and spend half as much as we do. and i was trying to figure out how do they do that. you know in germany you can pick any one of 200 health insurance plans. if you don't like your plan, you can switch to the other...